picking up the knees

I had my first private lesson today.  I ran there in 15 minutes.  We talked for 90 minutes, I took $33 and then I ran some more.  My student described how he had been on a

Ultimate Frisbee--better than NFL

Back out to the forest today on a beautiful morning.  I’ve taken to doing more pull-ups at each attempt.  Not sure why.  It was great fun to run around and around in circles aimlessly.

containers - new apartment

It has been raining for a few days, so I wasn’t able to go into the forest today.  I looked in there at one point and ran a little bit.  The ground was thickly covered with leaves, but the chances of getting mud all over my shoes and then tracking it into the tiny apartment was too great for me to take the chance.

Gorky Park 5.275 meter run

I ran 5,275 meters today with over 1000 other people.  I finished in 21:58—that’s 20:29 for a 5K.  Why such a strange distance?  The organizers, three aid organizations (United Way, Life Line, and Reach for Change), thought they would run 1/8 of a marathon.

Map with glasses

I ran from my apartment nearly to where I will be teaching on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  I wanted to do this to determine if it was a reasonable distance to think I could run there on my teaching days.  I’m not sure…I was in the vicinity in 30 minutes, and I saw the street I needed.

pull-ups in the forest

I was touched by a dog today.  Not since 1992, also in Moscow, have I been touched by a dog while running.  Normally, I pay no attention to the dogs, keep running, and they lose interest.  Last time, it was a full-sized German Sheppard with a crocodile-sized mouth

80 mph on the subway?

Today, I ran toward town from the hostel.  It’s amazing how close things are—esp. when you are running.  Going down 2.5 minutes on an escalator it seems like we are descending deep into the earth’s rock mantle.  In the sub-terrain, the metro whisks passengers away